The U.S. Navy has started soliciting information on potential industry sources with the capability, facilities and experience to rapidly develop, integrate, test, qualify and deploy prototype units of a short- to mid-range weapon system that could be launched from aircraft and surface platforms.
Mandatory and Desired CAMS Requirements
According to a sources sought notice published Tuesday, Naval Air Systems Command wants the Coalition Affordable Maritime Strike, or CAMS, weapon system to be developed using a model-based systems engineering environment.
CAMS should be capable of conducting lethal strikes at a minimum of 140 nautical miles, meet the Weapon Systems Explosives Safety Review Board requirements and comply with the Weapon Open System Architecture.
The weapons platform should use common support and test equipment, incorporate any guidance system that detects and targets moving surface targets, surface combatants and stationary ground targets and integrate a navigation system that could operate in a GPS degraded or denied environment.
The CAMS weapon system should cost approximately $1.5 million per all up round.
The service branch expects the contractor to produce a minimum of 250 rounds per year and intends to award a low-rate initial production contract no later than the first quarter of fiscal year 2027.
Requested Information on CAMS Development and Fielding
Interested stakeholders should discuss the approach to aircraft and surface integration, mission planning, modeling and digital engineering and other CAMS concepts, describe the components that could be interchangeable in the weapon system, provide the approach and methodology for using models and simulations and specify the Technology Readiness Level of the components.
NAVAIR also wants information on the estimated cost and schedule for developing the capability, facilities that would be used for the CAMS concept, expected partnerships with components and subsystems suppliers and collaboration activities with the Naval Aviation/Surface Warfare Centers.
Unclassified responses to the request for information should be submitted in an encrypted form by Sept. 16.
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